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Galatians 5

GNT 1
Freedom is what we have - Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again.
NIV 1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
GNT 2
Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all.
NIV 2
Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
GNT 3
Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law.
NIV 3
Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
GNT 4
Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
NIV 4
You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
GNT 5
As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith.
NIV 5
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.
GNT 6
For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.
NIV 6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
GNT 7
You were doing so well! Who made you stop obeying the truth? How did he persuade you?
NIV 7
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?
GNT 8
It was not done by God, who calls you.
NIV 8
That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
GNT 9
"It takes only a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise," as they say.
NIV 9
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough."
GNT 10
But I still feel confident about you. Our life in union with the Lord makes me confident that you will not take a different view and that whoever is upsetting you will be punished by God.
NIV 10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
GNT 11
But as for me, my friends, if I continue to preach that circumcision is necessary, why am I still being persecuted? If that were true, then my preaching about the cross of Christ would cause no trouble.
NIV 11
Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
GNT 12
I wish that the people who are upsetting you would go all the way; let them go on and castrate themselves!
NIV 12
As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
GNT 13
As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.
NIV 13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
GNT 14
For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
NIV 14
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
GNT 15
But if you act like wild animals, hurting and harming each other, then watch out, or you will completely destroy one another.
NIV 15
If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
GNT 16
What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature.
NIV 16
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
GNT 17
For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.
NIV 17
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
GNT 18
If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law.
NIV 18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
GNT 19
What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;
NIV 19
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
GNT 20
in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;
NIV 20
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
GNT 21
they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
NIV 21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
GNT 22
But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
NIV 22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
GNT 23
humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
NIV 23
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
GNT 24
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.
NIV 24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
GNT 25
The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives.
NIV 25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
GNT 26
We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.
NIV 26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

New International Version

Galatians 5

NIV 1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
NIV 2
Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
NIV 3
Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
NIV 4
You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
NIV 5
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.
NIV 6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
NIV 7
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?
NIV 8
That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
NIV 9
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough."
NIV 10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
NIV 11
Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
NIV 12
As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
NIV 13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
NIV 14
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
NIV 15
If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
NIV 16
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
NIV 17
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
NIV 18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
NIV 19
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
NIV 20
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
NIV 21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
NIV 22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
NIV 23
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
NIV 24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
NIV 25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
NIV 26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.